Hi @oscar, thanks for your feedback.
It seems that you are referring to the Startup Pathway program which is our self-guided educational program and not Celo Camp. The Upright team ran both the Celo Camp accelerator and the Minipay launchpad over consecutive batches. You can find the past results, notable alumni, prize winners and KPIs in these links:
As for the budget, our accelerator includes ~8 weeks of outreach and marketing, a full 8 weeks of curriculum, mentorship program, hands on support, curation and quite a bit of coordination between different partners taking part in this initiative. We originally had a higher investment pool but decided to start with a smaller pool as this is the first time we’ll offer direct investments in teams on top of the graduates event (budgeted $25K) which we believe is a high value prize for participants.
As for the Talent protocol award, from looking at our records it seems you did receive an email on Sep 11, 2024 with instructions on how to claim the award and a contact person for support. Happy to jump on a call to see if there is anything we missed there as well as learning more about your experience. Will DM you to schedule a call.